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The drugmaker says a single shot of its monoclonal antibody treatment reduced the chances of developing covid after exposure to the virus by 81%, which suggests it could be effective as a preventive. Regeneron is now seeking FDA approval for this.
Despite an increasing pace of vaccinations, several states are experiencing a surge in covid cases -- and covid hospitalizations.
Eight people in Georgia suffered adverse reactions to taking the J&J vaccine, causing the state to pause vaccinations — at least the third state to encounter this issue. The CDC is evaluating the situation.
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Russia and Slovakia are in a dispute over the Russian Sputnik vaccine. News on vaccination programs is also from Germany, Italy and Japan.
The sheer volume of used and discarded masks, gowns and other protective gear generated by the pandemic might cause a problem. In other health care industry news, Michigan hospitals curb elective surgeries because of yet another covid surge there.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is suing the federal government over cruise line prohibitions. News is also from Texas, Maryland, Indiana and Louisiana.
In other news about health care workers, Congress is urged to increase funding for training for pediatricians, and a nurse at an assisted-living center was charged with assault after breaking the fingers of a patient.
A Dutch study says school closures hurt learning, one of many that have reached that seemingly obvious conclusion. But questions are being raised whether measuring that learning loss harms children.
In other news, a baby comes home from the hospital after 700 days, and a woman discovers she is pregnant the old-fashioned way after getting pregnant through a medical procedure.
A new study looks at the problems for women getting proper care for pregnancy. Medicaid often provides health care once a woman is pregnant, but in those important months before conception and after the birth of her baby, a woman may not have access to the federal-state program. Some states, including Florida, are looking at extending coverage after the woman delivers her child.
The $5 billion in new funding will help with rental assistance, affordable housing and other programs. In other economic news tied to the pandemic, jobless claims were up this week, and some consumers are having trouble getting federal help on their COBRA premiums.
Racism is a "serious public health threat" according to Director Rochelle Walensky, as she revealed a new "Racism and Health" initiative, which is intended to drive change as well as study the issue.
In other news from across the country, hucksters tout fake coronavirus cures, and Hollywood thinks it can help correct vaccine misinformation.
One week after the end of college spring break, Southwest Florida's hospitals are reporting big increases in covid patient numbers, as the state's overall daily case numbers hit a total not seen since mid-February.
In other medical research news, doctors in Japan have achieved the first living-donor lung tissue transplant for a patient suffering covid lung damage, and the hunt continues for simple and effective treatments for the coronavirus.
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